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This report is the seventh edition of the research of the glass sands market in the CIS countries.

The market has been monitored since 2003.

The purpose of the research is to analyze the market of quartz glass sands in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.

The objects of investigation are quartz glass sands.

The work is a desk study. As sources of information, the data of the Federal Service of State Statistics of the Russian Federation (Rosstat), the statistics of railway transportations of the Russian Federation, the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation, the State Customs Service of Ukraine (data on foreign trade operations), data of the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine (SCS of Ukraine), UNdata Database , Committee on Statistics of Belarus, Database "Infomain". The data of the sectoral and regional press, annual and quarterly reports of securities issuers, Internet sites of enterprises producing glassware, as well as telephone interviews were also attracted.

In the first chapter of the report, information is provided on the reserves of glass sands in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.

The second chapter of the report is devoted to the review of existing technologies for the enrichment of quartz sand and the requirements for the quality of marketable products.

The third chapter of the report contains data on the volumes of extraction and production of glass sands in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus in 2000-2017.

The fourth chapter is devoted to the description of the current state of the main producers of glass sands in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. It contains data on production volumes, characteristics of products, directions and volumes of supplies, as well as plans for further development of production. Also given is a description of the projects of enterprises for the extraction of sand.

In the fifth chapter of the report, data on foreign trade operations with glass sands of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus are analyzed.

The sixth chapter shows the current prices for glass sands in Russia, as well as the dynamics of changes in export-import prices for products in 2005-2017.

The seventh chapter of the report is devoted to the analysis of domestic consumption of glass sands in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Also in this section, the sectoral structure of sand consumption in Russia, data on the directions and volumes of supplies, describes the current state of the largest Russian consumers.

In the final, eighth chapter of the report the forecast of production and consumption of glass sand in Russia up to 2025 is given.

In the annexes addresses and contact information of the main producers and consumers of glass sands are given.